James Gadson

Use Me

Bill Withers

1972

On this track, the band grooved for about ten minutes straight. After that, Bill Withers put down his vocal part and the engineer manufactured a breakdown by soloing vocals and drums for certain sections.

If you listen closely, you can hear the bass bleeding into the drum mics during the breakdowns.

I dig this work-flow. When the album version starts, the musicians have already been deep in the groove for a few minutes.